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Ann Powers (right) contributed to the book, while Robert Christgau (left) loaned records from his personal collection to assist in the creation of the guide.. Spanning 468 pages, the Spin Alternative Record Guide compiles essays by 64 music critics on recording artists and bands who either predated, were involved in, or had developed from alternative rock.
Title's a bit of a misnomer since the book also covers hip-hop, heavy metal, electronic music, and pop, but there's still a chapter for almost every major alternative rock artist from that timeframe. User:WesleyDodds: Spin Alternative Record Guide: 1995 Weisbard, Eric with Marks, Craig, eds. ISBN 0-679-75574-8
Roots rock is a genre of rock music that looks back to rock's origins in folk, blues and country music. [1] It is seen as a response to the perceived excesses of the dominant psychedelic and the developing progressive rock . [ 2 ]
Trouser Press wrote that "despite the assistance of assorted sprites and faeries, Rusted Root’s rhythmic world music-influenced drivel is better suited for a Pringles commercial than a tribal gathering." [1] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide called the album "an incredibly well-realized indie debut." [3]
Scope The project includes any articles in the following categories . Roots Music (both American folk and roots music, and other Roots music); Folk music; Traditional music; The project does not include Art music or popular music such as Classical music, even if it's non-Western (such as Indian classical music), unless there is some distinct connection to one of the above categories.
Indie folk (also called alternative folk) is an alternative genre of music that arose in the 1990s among musicians from indie rock scenes influenced by folk music.Indie folk hybridizes the acoustic guitar melodies of traditional folk music with contemporary instrumentation.
According to NARAS, the award encompasses all of the subgenres of the American Roots category field, which include Americana, bluegrass, blues, folk and other forms of regional roots music. The category is open for solo artists, duos, groups and other collaborations and is for singles or tracks only.
Articles relating to alternative rock, a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. . "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commercial rock or pop m